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Subscription free apps (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by nonmi9@programming.dev to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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I've grown tired, or my wallet has, of the subscription based app. I'm not looking for anything in particular, so list your favorite Subscription free apps or Pay Once apps!

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[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mela, recipe manager

[–] thebricklayr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Before paying for Mela, I’d recommend trying Umami. It’s free and has better family sharing features.

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That looks like a good recommendation, one thing I like about Mela is you can just use iCloud and there’s nothing to sign into.

[–] thebricklayr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Mela is definitely nice. I especially like the typography layout/design for recipe ingredients and instructions.

It unfortunately falls short when you want to do things like share a collection of cocktail recipes with your friends while also sharing a book of family recipes with your extended family. With Mela everyone you add can see and edit everything.

Umami can create separately shared recipe books as well as grocery lists (which are useful when going on a trip or camping with friends).

Beyond that, Umami has Chrome/Firefox extensions to import recipes while you browse. Also you don’t have to sign in to use it, not sure where you saw that?

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Oh I checked the website and it has a sign in button

I sharing permissions you mention make a lot of sense

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Mela also collects 0 information. Umami collects identifiers, contact info, and others. They share your info with 3rd parties and judging by their privacy policy, don’t anonymize anything.

Umami isn’t free, they just don’t charge money for it. You are the product.

[–] sighing2663@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Too bad about their privacy policy.

[–] buran@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seems to me that this should be priced up front. “In-app purchases” is a big no.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hard disagree. That’s my favorite kind of payment option, where you can try the app with a limited feature set and then have a one time payment to unlock more if you think that’s worth it.

Why would you want to pay up front with no option to try the app? How’s that better?

Just because it’s an "in app payment" doesn’t mean it‘s microtransactions, loot cheats, or any of that bullshit. It’s a one time payment.

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It’s grew up to 10 recipes, is not a pay gated app it tricking you into downloading with barely any functionality.